conditions would improve. our home editor mark easton reports. inspectors visited the tug haven arrival centre in dover on a quiet day in mid october. what they discovered has prompted a call for urgent government action. 400 people, including babies and small children, held overnight in cold tents without sleeping facilities. some accommodated in unheated double decker buses. inadequate care for two women who said they d been raped by smugglers, and another woman who claimed to have been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults, prompting significant safeguarding concerns. and migrants injuries left untreated. inspectors were told how a 16 year old girl picked up after a perilous channel crossing remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs and was now likely to be scarred for life. a previous inspection in september
double decker buses. inadequate care for two women who said they d been raped by smugglers, and another woman who claimed to have been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults, prompting significant safeguarding concerns. and migrants injuries left untreated. inspectors were told how a 16 year old girl picked up after a perilous channel crossing remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs and was now likely to be scarred for life. a previous inspection in september last year also revealed poor conditions at tug haven. at the time, the home office assured inspectors improvements would be made, with ministers blaming coordination problems with partner agencies. i think it s very obvious from our reports that we are frustrated, that we are independent monitors and inspectors of detention and we have been saying to the home office these conditions are not acceptable, and particularly not acceptable for the most v
sleeping facilities. some accommodated in unheated double decker buses. inadequate care for two women said they had been raped by smugglers and another woman who claimed to have been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults prompting significant safeguarding concerns and migrants injuries left untreated. the inspectors were told how 116 year old girl, picked up after a perilous channel crossing remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs and was now likely to be scarred for life. a previous inspection in september last year also revealed poor conditions at tug haven. at the time the home office assured inspectors improvements would be made with ministers blaming co ordination problems with partner agencies. today the chief inspector of prisons charlie taylor said this was not a sufficient explanation for why one year later we still found people being held for even longer in conditions that were so inadequate. res
concerns for children and vulnerable adults, despite government assurances that conditions would improve. our home editor mark easton reports. inspectors visited the tug haven arrival centre in dover on a quiet day in mid october. what they discovered has prompted a call for urgent government action. 400 people, including babies and small children, held overnight in cold tents without sleeping facilities, some accommodated in on double decker buses. inadequate care for two women who said they had been raped by smugglers, and another woman who claimed she had been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults, prompting significant safeguarding concerns. and migrants injuries left untreated. inspectors were told how one 16 year old girl, picked up after a perilous channel crossing, remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs, and was now likely to be scarred for life.
and vulnerable adults, despite government assurances that conditions would improve. our home editor mark easton reports. inspectors visited the tug haven arrival centre in dover in a quiet day in mid october. what they discovered has prompted a call for urgent government action. 400 people, including babies and small children, held overnight in cold tents without sleeping facilities. some accommodated in unheated double decker buses. inadequate care for two women who said they had been raped by smugglers and another woman who claimed to have been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults, prompting significant safeguarding concerns and migrants injuries left untreated. the inspectors were told how one 16 year old girl, picked up after a perilous channel crossing, remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs and was now likely to be scarred for life. a previous inspection in september last year also revealed poor co